Its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold.

By total area (including its waters), Canada is the second largest country in the world, after Russia.

At its peak in 1988, it was the largest producer and second largest exporter of crude oil, surpassed only by Saudi Arabia.

Yes, truly blessed for having surpassed the priest (Zechariah).

Without your help, I couldn't have ridden out that crisis.

Louis Stanislas did impregnate his wife in 1774, having conquered his aversion.

Aulë is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, who is primarily discussed in The Silmarillion , but appears also in Tolkien's other works.

Later, it would be surpassed by goalkeeper Fabián Carini and also by striker Diego Forlán.

Their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers (13) and Chicago Bears (9).

In the pass, the phalanx would have been very difficult to assault for the more lightly armed Persian infantry.

He was the franchise's all time leading scorer until Mats Sundin passed him in 2007.

The Niger is the third longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River.

The fact is that we simply don't know when the warming that we create will be utterly overwhelmed by feedback loops.

Yingluck may have survived a no confidence vote in parliament but the tension in the capital is far from over.

The Lords Spiritual, as members of the clergy with seats in the House of Lords were known, were for the first time outnumbered by the Lords Temporal.

In politics, the rare candidate who is serious, like Adlai Stevenson, is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn, like Eisenhower.

It is the most populous U.S. state, home to one out of eight people who live in the U.S., with a total of 38 million people, and it is the third largest state by area (after Alaska and Texas).

It was demolished in 1920, but its height was not surpassed until almost 90 years after its construction.

After negotiating tough ice corries, you will be welcomed by the lichenous tundra of the Krkonoše s highest ridges.

Standardised SEPA payment schemes will make this obstacle easier to overcome and companies will benefit from end to end STP .

Feminist theory typically characterizes patriarchy as a social construction, which can be overcome by revealing and critically analyzing its manifestations.

By the late 1890s, wild rubber had far surpassed ivory as the main source of revenue from the Congo Free State.

With 44,035,304 inhabitants in 2014, São Paulo is the most populous state in Brazil and the third most populous political unit of South America, only surpassed by that country and Colombia, ahead of all other South American countries.

In 2012, the current ranking of the IFFHS shows that the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is the second best football league in the world, surpassed only by the Liga BBVA.

59.53 ( ) of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais), and 40.47 () under France (department of Haute Savoie).

The fact is so striking that in 1931, the town of Ilópolis had already exceeded that of Itapuca, which is not located at the roadside.

Latin America In a speech before the Organization of American States in November 2013, Kerry remarked that the era of the Monroe Doctrine was over.

Over the course of the Baroque era the lute was increasingly relegated to the continuo accompaniment, and was eventually superseded in that role by keyboard instruments.

They also saw an economy that, since reconstruction began after World War II, had significantly outperformed the expected growth of European economies.

By this time, Led Zeppelin were the world's number one rock attraction, having outsold most bands of the time, including the Rolling Stones.

In February 2001, phpBB 2.0.x began development entirely from scratch the developer's ambitions for phpBB had outgrown the original codebase.

The debate on sexism has escalated to such a height of publicity so quickly, primarily because it exposes the ongoing existence of a cultural phenomenon believed to have been long since overcome.

After Brasília became the Brazilian capital in 1960, the hotel underwent a period of slow decline and was surpassed by the more modern hotels which were built in the 1970s.

Aedes albopictus (Stegomyia albopicta), from the mosquito (Culicidae) family, also known as (Asian) tiger mosquito or 'forest mosquito', is a mosquito native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia however, in the past couple of decades this species has invaded many countries throughout the world through the transport of goods and increasing international travel.

LA finished the 2009 season top of the Western Conference, and runners up in the MLS Supporters' Shield, qualifying for the 2009 MLS Cup.

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Del2del writes that Rabani must have overcome big temptations to return the money, since he estimates the amount of money would equal 166 years of a street sweeper's salary.

The Tietê Bus Terminal () is the largest bus terminal in Latin America, and the second largest in the world, after the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.

The ticks or 'beats' should be at precisely equally spaced intervals to give a sound of, tick...tock...tick...tock if they are not, and have the sound tick tock...tick tock... the clock is out of beat and needs to be leveled.

We are being watched.

So thank you.

It keeps getting reinfected.

We're being watched.

I was being ironic.

I was being ironic.